WORLD SOUR CHERRY PRODUCTION (2011) Production 1-Turkey 183.000 2-Poland 175.000 3-Ukraina 173.000 4-USA 106.000 Russian Federation???? Iran?????
SOUR CHERRY AND ANATOLIA Sour cherries have a large history in Turkey s fruit growing It is famous traditional fruit The most preferred fruits for jam making
SOUR CHERRY UTILIZATION AND BREEDING GOALS EUROPE TURKEY Processing Processing, Fresh market
SOUR CHERRY Leader country in term of production amount Rich wild and semi-wild materials throughout country The most demanded fruit in juice and jam industry in Turkey Monoculture (cv. Kutahya, 90%), Montmorency (6%), (Macar, Katirli, English Morello, Heimanns Rubin)
Cultivars Kutahya Montmorency Characteristics Late harvested cultivar, bright dark red peel color, sour, high juice yield, Dark red fruit juice, firm fruit flesh, very high fruit quality, high yielding capacity, cracking resistance, suitable both fresh and processing, stable fruit set, tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress, late blooming Earlier than Kutahya (15 days), Ligt red or red peel color with dark red spots, soft fruit flesh, yellowish-pink, high quality, sour, pink fruit juice. High yielding capacity, cracking resistance H. Rubin Earlier than Kutahya (5 days), dark red peel color, high juice yield, dark red flesh color, soft flesh, high yielding capacity and suitable for processing E. Morello Dark red-blackish peel color, dark red flesh color, firm flesh, dark red juice color Macar (Ujfehertoi fürtös????) Katirli 2 weeks earlier than Kutahya, dark red peel color, soft fruit flesh, sour, high juice yield, suitable for juice processing Late harvested cultivar, bright dark red peel, sour, aromatic dark red fruit juice, soft fruit flesh, very high quality, very high yielding capacity, suitable for industry
SOUR CHERRY ONE CULTIVAR GROWN SUCCESSFULLY DIVERSE AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS???? WHY??? High adaptation capacity to diverse agro-climatic conditions Availability of different rootstocks (P. avium, P. mahaleb, P. cerasus) Tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress conditions
Rootstocks Rootstocks Characteristics P. mahaleb The most used rootstocks for sour cherries, seed propagated mainly, preferred for sandy and calcareous soils, sensitive to wet and heavy soils, lower plant height than P. avium, less living period (around 20 years) P. avium Strong rootstock for sour cherries, used for relatively heavy soils for sour cherries, seed propagated in general, prolonged life span. P. cerasus Resistant to drought, propagated by seeds and suckers, more tolerant to wet and heavy soils than P. mahaleb and P. avium, weak soil connection.
Main sour cherry production areas in Turkey Afyon:50.000; Ankara:30.000; Konya:27.000 tons
cv. Kutahya
cv. Kutahya -Selection material among natural growing plants -Very late harvest time. Long fruit stalk (50 mm) -Very attractive round fruit shape and thin peel -Average 7 g, dark purplish peel and flesh color -Firm fruit flesh texture -High eating and processing quality (high fruit juice) -Trees are very productive -Resistance to fruit cracking IT MEETS MOST OF THE DEMANDS OF GROWERS!!!!!
cv. Kutahya Suitable for -Fresh consumption -Processing (Juice, jam, marmalade ). IT MEETS MOST OF THE DEMANDS OF GROWERS!!!!!
cv. Kutahya BREEDING ACTIVITIES ON SOUR CHERRY IN TURKEY - Kütahya cultivar has been grown for centuries in nearly all parts of Turkey. -Sour cherry breeding efforts based on a)clonal selection of cv. Kutahya, b)selection of cultivar candidates among naturally seed propagated unnamed types (semi-wild).
cv. Kutahya BREEDING ACTIVITIES ON SOUR CHERRY IN TURKEY a) Clonal selection of cv. Kutahya
cv. Kutahya MAIN BREEDING GOALS Sour cherry breeding usually aims at developing cultivars with -Improved fruit quality -A range of ripening dates
cv. Kutahya SELECTION CRITERIA -High and sustainable yield -High flesh ratio -High juice yield -Better juice color -Better organoleptic properties -Better soluble solids/acid ratio for processing (8.5-9.0) -High fruit size -Attractiveness
CLONAL SELECTION ON cv. Kutahya SOUR CHERRY -Many clones of Kütahya were evaluated, under National Sour Cherry Selection Program and adaptation trials -Phonological and pomological characteristics of Kütahya sour cherry clones were evaluated -No big differences among clones under same collections -Huge environmental effects (Soil, Rootstocks etc.)
b)selection of cultivar candidates among naturally seed propagated unnamed types (semi-wild).
b)numerous selections on semi wild growing sour cherries grown different parts of Turkey Some promising genotypes but not replaced to cv. Kutahya No governmental program for evaluation
In selection study on natural seed propagated material, sour cherry genotypes were selected from the population consisting of native seedling trees Some physical and chemical traits of 30 promising genotypes were described in comparison with the standard cultivar Kutahya for future breeding efforts
They had a range of 2.01 to 5.19 g in fruit weight; 39.8-92.4 mm in fruit stalk length, 0.22-0.53 g in seed weight, 1.28-2.95% in acidity and 11.0-20.1% in soluble solid contents The percentage of fruit cracking was 0% in all genotypes The majority of genotypes had light-dark colored fruit skins, red colored fruit fleshes and free separating stones